Battle Day 1998

In 1998, B.A.T. relocated Battle Day to Silicon Valley with a new, larger location in San Jose. We continued to add elements to our diorama such as Rex Ross’s many static Allied vehicles and a complete field hospital. Rich introduced a new way to make lightweight structures as evident in a new two-story Italian farm house. He also fed an air line to a Panther turret pillbox and fired cornstarch at passing tanks. In the "command bunker" were the special effects operators and a B/W TV monitor wired to Kevin Gray’s “lipstick” camera mounted in the rotating Panther turret.

A major innovator of 1/16th scale armor conversion kits, “Mr. Max Trax” McCauley, was our special guest. He brought a wide array of impressive resin 1/16 Sherman variants and his scratch-built 1/6th Abrams from Michigan.

Bevan Johnston’s www.rctanks.us electric 1/8th M3A1 Stuart joined Jerry’s several 1/10th gas-powered vehicles and Rich’s electric Jadgpanther.

We began a new tradition of assembling at a small banquet hall where individuals were recognized with small awards. We also continued to meet the next day for breakfast before caravaning to the Littlefield collection.

Battle Day 1998 (CLICK THUMBS TO GET LARGER VIEW)

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